And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have given up the pursuit of their brethren in the morning.”
Job 27:2 - Revised Standard Version “As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life, American Standard Version (1901) As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul Common English Bible As God lives, who rejected my legal claim, the Almighty, who made me bitter, Catholic Public Domain Version As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath brought my soul to bitterness, |
And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have given up the pursuit of their brethren in the morning.”
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
And Elijah said, “As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”
And when she came to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to thrust her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
God gives me up to the ungodly, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
know then that God has put me in the wrong, and closed his net about me.
“Do you think this to be just? Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’
Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?
For he crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;
Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, “My way is hid from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God”?
And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the Lord lives,’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they shall be built up in the midst of my people.
and if you swear, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.”
Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?
but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,
Remain this night, and in the morning, if he will do the part of the next of kin for you, well; let him do it; but if he is not willing to do the part of the next of kin for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will do the part of the next of kin for you. Lie down until the morning.”
For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, that he did not die.
And behold, I will send the lad, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the lad, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt, and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.
For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male.”